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Poor accuracy at 300y, great at 400
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Magoo" data-source="post: 2933946" data-attributes="member: 124360"><p>I'm not 100% sure if I found the problem, but it shoots better now at the ranged I tested at.</p><p></p><p>Had a sneaking suspicion the barrel wasnt free-floated enough, as it was vertical stringing more than I'd like to see even with a change to different ammo. It had maybe .050" or less of barrel clearance and I noticed you could make the stock slap the barrel if you whacked it hard near the front of the forearm.</p><p></p><p>So I took it to my shop and gave it a solid 100 thou of clearance. With the federal premium terminal ascent 155 gainers I'm now using (this was the stuff i had been looking for all along, and a semi local retailer had just gotten some in sunday) I'm now getting a consistent 1 to 1.25 moa from 100 out to 400 yards. 300 and 400y shots now hit dead on where the hornady app says they should be out to 400. Thats the longest I can shoot on my ranch at the moment due to cattle on the north pasture right now, but I'm happy with that for now.</p><p></p><p>Hitting about .25 moa high at 400 yards with a 5" group at 400 yards, with 18 to 22 mph wind changing from my 6 o'clock to my 8 o'clock. App actually said I needed to dial .25 moa lower than i need to after double checking my data so that puts my group center dead nuts if I dial correctly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Magoo, post: 2933946, member: 124360"] I'm not 100% sure if I found the problem, but it shoots better now at the ranged I tested at. Had a sneaking suspicion the barrel wasnt free-floated enough, as it was vertical stringing more than I'd like to see even with a change to different ammo. It had maybe .050" or less of barrel clearance and I noticed you could make the stock slap the barrel if you whacked it hard near the front of the forearm. So I took it to my shop and gave it a solid 100 thou of clearance. With the federal premium terminal ascent 155 gainers I'm now using (this was the stuff i had been looking for all along, and a semi local retailer had just gotten some in sunday) I'm now getting a consistent 1 to 1.25 moa from 100 out to 400 yards. 300 and 400y shots now hit dead on where the hornady app says they should be out to 400. Thats the longest I can shoot on my ranch at the moment due to cattle on the north pasture right now, but I'm happy with that for now. Hitting about .25 moa high at 400 yards with a 5" group at 400 yards, with 18 to 22 mph wind changing from my 6 o'clock to my 8 o'clock. App actually said I needed to dial .25 moa lower than i need to after double checking my data so that puts my group center dead nuts if I dial correctly. [/QUOTE]
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